Global Focus

At Chadwick International, we recognize the importance of ensuring that our students understand their role as global citizens and we provide them with opportunities to live in accordance with this responsibility.

In 2014, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), recognizing that education in the 21st century must prepare students for the realities of living in an increasingly more globalized, word, published the “Global Citizenship Education – Preparing learners for the challenges of the twenty-first century” handbook.

In line with the United Nations commitment to educating for a sustainable future, Chadwick is a Round Square member school (www.roundsquare.org). Each member school of this worldwide association of 140 independent schools on five continents is committed to ensuring that every student’s education provides an understanding of six IDEALS - Internationalism, Democracy, Environmentalism, Adventure, Leadership and Service.

A powerful force in promoting international understanding is learning to understand the perspectives of other cultures. Through their student exchange programs, Round Square schools teach students to see themselves as global citizens who look beyond gender, class, race, nationality, and culture to understand our differences as well as our shared human nature.

Students are presented with a wide range of opportunities, both within and beyond the formal curriculum, to actively engage with these IDEALS, such as: